'No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought' Thread

InaPickle

Tracey2609 wrote: »

I've just stumbled across this and I would like to join - thought that you might appreciate this verse -Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. - Arnold Lobel

That is SOOO in the spirit of this thread! :rotfl:

Although, as a girl, if I grow a beard at any point during reading, I will be most alarmed!

Tracey2609

I know quite a few ladies who have facial hair... not quite a beard though!

elfen

Read Let The Right One In, so that's off the list, now onto Fight Club but I've got uni reading to do too

Catslovelycats

Tracey2609 wrote: »

I've just stumbled across this and I would like to join - thought that you might appreciate this verse -Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. - Arnold Lobel

LOVE IT!
Thanks for posting it!

Catslovelycats

ma-ri-ella wrote: »

ooo just found this thread thanks to a link on no buy toiletries . main weaknesses are oxfam and the bookpeople.com.im thinking a target of reading 20 books before i buy anymore seems possible-currently reading "not buying it-judith levine" and "ghost town" which is book 9 in a series-thought it was the last one but another one coming out later this year :P

Welcome Mariella!:T
I've just cancelled my email and catalogue subscription with TBP because I keep falling victim to their fab prices and think it's time I started reading the books rather than buying them!:rotfl:

littlepinkstars44

Finished the deceleration last night, quite enjoyed the ending. Going to make a start on the follow up to it, the resistence tonight, though might not get as much read as i'd like, i'm up early tomorrow for work So no 4am reading for me!!

The past week i've reading till about 3:30/4am and i have loved it! Finished 3 books in 1 week so far! On the other hand i've not been getting up till 12pm, been on backshifts in work though, plus i'm only getting 3 hour shifts at the moment So been working 5-8's and 6-9's. Start at 11 tomorrow, and not looking forward to it! Then back to uni on Tuesday...so no more late night reading for a while!

InaPickle

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

The past week i've reading till about 3:30/4am and i have loved it! Finished 3 books in 1 week so far! On the other hand i've not been getting up till 12pm, been on backshifts in work though, plus i'm only getting 3 hour shifts at the moment So been working 5-8's and 6-9's. Start at 11 tomorrow, and not looking forward to it! Then back to uni on Tuesday...so no more late night reading for a while!

I sympathise...I've been getting short, shi1tty shifts at work as well, and I notice that I tend not to wind down until later when I'm working late, meaning I go to bed at stupid hours and then get up much later, too. Still, the upside is you are powering through your books!

littlepinkstars44

InaPickle wrote: »

I sympathise...I've been getting short, shi1tty shifts at work as well, and I notice that I tend not to wind down until later when I'm working late, meaning I go to bed at stupid hours and then get up much later, too. Still, the upside is you are powering through your books!

Well today did not quite go as planned, even though i had my alarm set for 9, i turned it off and fell back asleep! So i ended up waking up at 10:20...giving me 5 minutes to get ready for work!!!!:eek:
Never again!

On another note, i did manage about 100 pages last night!! :j

InaPickle

littlepinkstars44 wrote: »

Well today did not quite go as planned, even though i had my alarm set for 9, i turned it off and fell back asleep! So i ended up waking up at 10:20...giving me 5 minutes to get ready for work!!!!:eek:
Never again!

On another note, i did manage about 100 pages last night!! :j

Ouch! (And well done! )

littlepinkstars44

Finished The Resistance last night! Now i really want to buy the 3rd/final book in the series, but it is £6 odd on Amazon! I will wait till i have less books in my stash wait until it's cheaper!